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CONTENTS: 1. INTRODUCTION 2. GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY 3. MEASURING PECULIAR VELOCITIES 4. ANALYSIS OF OBSERVED PECULIAR VELOCITIES 5. PREDICTED MOTIONS FROM THE GALAXY DISTRIBUTION 6. TESTING BASIC HYPOTHESES 7. THE INITIAL FLUCTUATIONS 8.…